Quality Coordinator

Quality Coordinator

We are looking for a Quality Coordinator for our Murfreesboro, TN facility. In this role you will be responsible for maintaining a positive customer relationship and experience for the outputs of the coating process and maintaining the Quality Management System. You are the voice of the customer to the Coating Center.

We offer:

Aside from a dynamic global culture and leading market position, we are proud to offer our employees development opportunities, competitive salary and a robust benefit program ALL available on first day of employment!

The perks and benefits of working at Oerlikon include the following:

• Comprehensive medical and prescription drug plan with low premiums, company sponsored HSA contributions and without cumbersome waiting periods to keep you going strong.
• Excellent Dental and Vision coverage.
• Employee Assistance, Financial and Wellness programs to help improve all aspects of your life journey.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with significant company match and financial planning and education options to help you achieve your retirement goals
• Tuition reimbursement and internal education resources to satisfy your love of learning so you can continue to grow with us!
• Generous paid time off to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• 12 paid company holidays to occasionally extend your weekends or time off.
• 100% company paid life insurance and disability insurance
• Employee Referral Bonus program because why not to bring your friends to work everyday!

Your Responsibilities:

• Maintain QMS under ISO 9001 standard within the plant
• Provide product quality analysis via various testing methodologies. Support material review and disposition of non-conforming products
• Drive corrective and preventive actions using KPI inputs with a focus on effective root-cause analysis to avoid recurrence
• Support quality planning for new process/customers
• Manage Quality System documentation, gauge inventory, audits, reporting of quality system status/key process indicators

• Train production personnel in quality system requirements, processes, and procedures as required
• Daily customer interaction regarding order expedites or changes as needed
• Proactive notification on cases of delayed deliveries
• Effective problem solving with the center
• Coordination of activities with personnel outside the center with the Oerlikon locations/entities
• Other duties as may be assigned or required

Your Profile:

• Technical Degree in Quality, Manufacturing, or a related discipline or equivalent experience
• Background in Material Science with basic understanding of composition
• Professional certification (ASQ or similar) in relevant quality disciplines
• Well versed in ISO 9001:2015 QMS requirements
• Experience in LEAN strategies to support and drive continuous improvement

Why Oerlikon:

Technology and sustainable innovation are our business. Throughout our organization, each employee feels a connection to that mission and to our passion for engineering solutions the world needs today and tomorrow. As we embrace our role in building a better future, we celebrate the teams that have the power to bring that vision to life.

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About us

Oerlikon is a global leader in surface technologies and advanced materials. With a unique portfolio spanning surface engineering, high‑performance materials, coating equipment and components, we make products better by enhancing performance, efficiency and sustainability. Oerlikon serves a wide range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, energy, medical, luxury, semiconductors and tooling. Head‑quartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland, Oerlikon operates in 38 countries with approximately 9,500 employees, achieving sales of CHF 1.6 billion in 2024.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Oerlikon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you’d like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here: Know Your Rights.

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Oerlikon will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Agencies

Oerlikon only accepts agency resumes for positions that have been explicitly approved by HR for third-party support. We work exclusively with our approved vendors who have agreed to Oerlikon’s terms and conditions and have an executed contract in place. Any resumes or profiles submitted to Oerlikon employees for roles not approved and requested by HR will be considered unsolicited, and Oerlikon will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

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